IT’S the time of the month when the bully boys come out again. It’s been a regular fixture since the referendum, with members of the governing parties queuing up to lash the opposition for its latest act of betrayal to the cause.
OVER the next few years, Cyprus could achieve international recognition, as well as boost its rural economy, if plans to set up an EU-funded Environment Centre go ahead, UK experts said yesterday.
VETERAN Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has said he “absolutely” would not be running for ‘President’ during the April 2005 elections after over 40 years in politics, Anatolia News Agency reported yesterday.
In an interview with the Turkish news agency, Denktash said: “I will not run for the presidency and this is my definite decision. Change is beneficial.
EXPERTS from UN headquarters in New York are due on the island this weekend to carry out a review of UNFICYP, the peacekeeping force in Cyprus, spokesman Brian Kelly said yesterday.
The move was requested by Secretary-general Kofi Annan in June during the renewal of the force’s six-monthly mandate.
A JOINT session of the House Watchdog and Finance Committees to discuss a draft report on the 1999 stock market (CSE) debacle has been pushed back to September, Finance Committee chairman Aristos Chrysostomou said yesterday.
The meeting had been scheduled for August 30 but then it was postponed to the morning of September 14.
SIMERINI: “Greek Cypriots investing in the north”. Acting DIKO leader Nicos Cleanthous said he had evidence that Greek Cypriots were selling their properties in the government controlled areas and investing the capital in the occupied north. According to Cleanthous, the businessmen were trying to gag politicians, hiding behind refugee demonstrations and taking advantage of peoples’ sensitivities.
GREEK opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou yesterday cast doubt over the possibility of obtaining any changes to the Annan plan.
Speaking after a one-hour meeting with President Tassos Papadopoulos, Papandreou said discussions had centred on imminent developments in the Cyprus problem.
Ayios Mamas was born in Paphlagonia, a region north of modern day Ankara and close to the Black Sea. He was the son of eminent Christians Theodotus and Rufina who lived during the reign of emperor Aurilianos, who carried out a systematic campaign against Christians (270-275 AD).
UNFICYP yesterday warned hunters that hunting in the buffer zone was prohibited and dangerous.
“With the advent of the Small Game Hunting Season (August 22 until October 17) UNFICYP would like to remind hunters once more that hunting in the Buffer Zone is not allowed and can be dangerous,” the statement read.
A BOMB explosion caused extensive damage to the church of Saint Mamas in Morphou in the early hours of yesterday, just days before Greek Cypriots were due to hold the first service there in 30 years.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
